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(0 votes) 4:40 pm
September 17, 2014
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Smartphones have added did feature since Apple did this on their iPhones. But what’s the advantage of this? Is this really secure in terms of security?
9:04 am
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April 22, 2014
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The smartphones that enable fingerprint scanning:
Elephone G6
Motorola Atrix
Apple iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus
HTC One Max
Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge
Huawei Ascendi Mate 7
Xolo Q2100
Meizu MX4 Pro
Oppo N3
10:04 am
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April 22, 2014
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Samsung S5 was the latest smartphone to feature a finger print scanner. This feature provides a certain level of security because the fingerprint is stored in the Secure Enclave and not in a cloud server; however, there is a risk that a user’s fingerprint could be duplicated to access a phone. And if a criminal obtained a user’s fingerprint and identification information, he could use it to commit crimes. Moreover, unlike passwords, fingerprints cannot be reset.
12:33 am
September 11, 2014
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It’s definitely more secure in regards to just keying in a pass code. However, it’s only more secure if you only have the fingerprint scanning option enabled and no passcode lock. The downside of this is if you don’t have a passcode lock, then if say someone keys in their fingerprint, or you misscan your own, you risk not being able to get into your phone.
There’s also still some, slight risk of someone lifting your print from the phone and finding out a way to scan it on the phone, note that I don’t have any confirmed articles of this happening but we leave plenty of finger prints on our devices and I assume that it would be technologically possible to do so, albeit very unlikely.
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January 26, 2014
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It’s definitely more secure in regards to just keying in a pass code. However, it’s only more secure if you only have the fingerprint scanning option enabled and no passcode lock. The downside of this is if you don’t have a passcode lock, then if say someone keys in their fingerprint, or you misscan your own, you risk not being able to get into your phone. There’s also still some, slight risk of someone lifting your print from the phone and finding out a way to scan it on the phone, note that I don’t have any confirmed articles of this happening but we leave plenty of finger prints on our devices and I assume that it would be technologically possible to do so, albeit very unlikely.
Indeed, it`s a headache if you mis-scan your finger mark, but I think it will be solved, once Qualcomm`s concept will be implemented
The scanner will be able to read your finger through glass or metal, as consequence it will easily unlock your gadget in any condition
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